Hire Car in USA

[Beau Peep]

Anything but Hertz. Overpriced shite cars with up to 50,000 miles on the clock. And you pay per mile, make sure you hire one with unlimited/inclusive miles for your road trip. 35 cents a mile really adds up.

Unfortnately i have to use Hertz in the USA as we have a corporate deal with them on Club Gold. If I get allocated another worn out Toyota Corolla I'm rejecting it.

In the UK, I can use Sixt, better cars that are what they say, no mileage fees, and better priced. Get a 1 series most trips. But theyre not in California

[SFMackem]

Hi mate,

Welcome to SF!

You can get around the City without a car no problem. It's only 7 square miles. You can walk/bus/tram everywhere in a short time.

A few things to keep in mind.

Rentals with a different drop off from pick up can be pretty expensive so definitely worth shopping around. Picking up in the City rather than at the airport can also make a difference (airport pick up has seemed to be cheaper, but not always). We use Priceline.com and negotiate the price. We usually end up with Enterprise; they'll pick you up for the rental.

You have to get from the airport to your hotel; that'll run you at least $50 plus tip in a taxi. Shuttles aren't any cheaper for 2 or more people and they stop en route so it can take an age to get to the hotel.

Valet/parking charges at hotels can be a bit steep in SF, LA & Vegas. I'd suggest in Vegas that you get any driving (Hoover Dam etc) out of the way early on and then dump your car; just bus/monorail/taxi/walk around the Strip.

Check what insurance your credit card gives you on rental cars. That can save you a decent amount of money.

PM me and I'll send you my email if you have more questions.

Cheers,


SF

[Typhoonftm]

Originally Posted by lordy

Its a hell of a drive to Vegas like.

it's only 6 hours in a straight line man during my 3 hour stint I didn't touch the pedals after setting off, cruise control all the way. Boring as fuck like!

Edit: it appears SF Mackem is ya man!

[Harry Angstrom]

Originally Posted by Carteron

Was on here a few weeks back asking for advice around my San Fran/LA/Vegas trip.

Got another quick question I am hoping you can all help with.

We have booked 3 nights of digs in San Fran now and I am now trying to sort a hire car. Is there any point to having a hire car in San Fran or will it just be a nightmare trying to get it parked? Might be worth just booking the car to pick up on our last day in San Fran then drop off in Vegas at the end.

Any thoughts?

100% this

[Jesse The Body Ventura]

Most places in San Fran are accessible by foot / public transport. Parking as you say can be a nightmare.

I'd pick the car up on the last day from somewhere like Dollar.

I drove the other way, 7 hour drive from Vegas across the plains to the Pacific Coast then up to SF. As someone said it's a long drive but not too taxing. If you don't have sat nav however make sure you have a good map.

[Teed]

Originally Posted by Baron Green Crack

We picked up the car on the way out of San Fran (before driving across the Golden Gate). The Bus service is pretty good and Taxi service relatively cheap.



We were given a Gold one !! Still when we were on Rodeo Drive there were some asian people taking our pics at the traffic lights (clearly they will literally take a picture of anything).

You can just imagine all their family sitting round the projector back home
and the father saying "here"!!! "looka the klip of this cunt, in the gold car, Weeeeeee diz he think he iz like?" only in an Asian accent...........like.

[Harry Angstrom]

Originally Posted by Teed

You can just imagine all their family sitting round the projector back home
and the father saying "here"!!! "looka the klip of this cunt, in the gold car, Weeeeeee diz he think he iz like?" only in an Asian accent...........like.

It's the clampetts

I would do it in an asian accent but got a weeks ban for my racist humour